Patents by Inventor Douglas B. Cross

Douglas B. Cross has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210031549
    Abstract: A wheel part includes: a body having an axis; an annular outer surface through which the axis extends centrally and defining a socket; a stamp mounted in the socket for movement between an extended position wherein the stamp projects radially beyond the surface and a retracted position wherein the stamp terminates radially inwardly beneath the surface; and a bias mechanism adapted to bias the stamp for movement to the extended position. A manually grippable handpiece is adapted to releasably receive the body for rotatable movement about the axis and is adapted such that at least a portion of the surface projects beyond the housing. An inker is mounted to the handpiece in spaced relation to the surface such that, on rotation of the wheel, the stamp engages the inker and receives ink therefrom, whereby, when the body is roiled along a workpiece, the workpiece is demarcated at uniform intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Target Household Repair and Services Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas B. Cross, Jeff Dayman, Tony Stewart
  • Patent number: 6570762
    Abstract: The invention refers to a telecommunications system comprising a module rack that defines a core bay, a service plane and a rack interface plane where the service plane is transverse to the rack interface plane. The core bay is in part bounded by the service plane and the rack interface plane. The telecommunications system also comprises a series of electronics modules each defining an electronics orientation plane where each of the modules includes two opposed cooling surfaces oriented substantially parallel to the electronics orientation plane. Each of the electronics modules is removably secured within the core bay. The series of the electronics modules forms an array such that their electronics orientation planes are substantially perpendicular to both the rack interface plane and the service plane. The array also defines at least one coolant stream passage across each cooling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Douglas B. Cross, John C. Atkinson, Marko Nicolici, Kalvin W. Korpela, Roger D. Carroll
  • Patent number: 6545850
    Abstract: A backplane power landing system having a backplane to which is attached extruded metal mounts on which are mounted compact power filter modules. The mounts are adapted to be conductively sealed, for the purpose of electromagnetic compatibility, to the backplane and have guidance slots to facilitate aligning the power filter modules which extend through openings in the central beam of the mount, to make contact with the backplane. The power filter modules are fastened to the mounts in a manner which maintains a conductive seal so as to deliver inputted power to the backplane filtered of radiated and conducted emission noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Simon E. Shearman, Geoffrey G. Skanes, Kalvin W. Korpela, Douglas B. Cross, Luc Boucher
  • Patent number: 6393853
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing liquid cooling to high power high capacity, switching, transport and processing equipment is disclosed. The electronics of such equipment is typically contained in metal electronics modules, with the heat being directed to the walls of the modules. A pair of cooling plates with integral coolant flow through is pressed against the metal module walls with pressure. The cooling plates remain part of the shelf and the metal electronics modules can be removed for repair, exchange or upgrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Aleksandar Vukovic, Tim A. Venus, Howard J. Rajala, Douglas B. Cross, Paul van Leeuwen, Kim Roberts
  • Publication number: 20020051532
    Abstract: The invention refers to a telecommunications system comprising a module rack that defines a core bay, a service plane and a rack interface plane where the service plane is transverse to the rack interface plane. The core bay is in part bounded by the service plane and the rack interface plane. The telecommunications system also comprises a series of electronics modules each defining an electronics orientation plane where each of the modules includes two opposed cooling surfaces oriented substantially parallel to the electronics orientation plane. Each of the electronics modules is removably secured within the core bay. The series of the electronics modules forms an array such that their electronics orientation planes are substantially perpendicular to both the rack interface plane and the service plane. The array also defines at least one coolant stream passage across each cooling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas B. Cross, John C. Atkinson, Marko Nicolici, Kalvin W. Korpela, Roger D. Carroll